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Rene North
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happy labor day
September 1, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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bridgetstirling.bsky.social
Well, the list of books being banned from EPSB is appalling. And it's very likely that an author on this list will get their other works pulled too, especially in the absence of teacher librarians.

There are books on this list that changed my life. This is what the UCP is taking away from kids.
List of books being banned by EPSB List of books being banned by EPSB List of books being banned by EPSB List of books being banned by EPSB
August 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
I got permission to share this, and I'm extremely grateful for that.

The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.

This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
I work as an elder and hospice caregiver, which I am oddly passionate about. I can love on them shamelessly and no one complains about my codependence. It's a win-win situation. Many of my caregiving colleagues complain about the repetitive questions and, sometimes reactions, of the elderly, especially when those patients happen to read the newspaper, especially with the current downward spiral of our country — as if these people haven't lived through enough horror... I love my dementia peeps, but sometimes wonder if there's a Guinness Book World Record for how many times an hour a dementia patient can repeat the same question — it's got to be in the hundreds. At least with small children, they ask different questions. Dementia patients will get stuck on one short question and ask it until you can interrupt their train(carousel) of thought and successfully redirect their attention. That carousel is pretty manic sometimes. A couple days ago, I picked up my mail from the post office and drove over to the nursing home to take (let's call her "Miss Daisy") Miss Daisy out for a drive. Before we took off on our road trip, to the end of The Road and back, in our landlocked little town (Juneau, Alaska), I set my copy of The Onion down in front of her. Over our two-hour excursion, tiny Miss Daisy read that front page at least a dozen times and each time she would snicker, giggle, and guffaw, then put it down on the dash board and, a minute later, discover it anew. I think it was the best afternoon of my life. We don't often hear them laugh and when they do, it's the sweetest thing you've ever heard. ... Thank you, thank you, thank you, for the really important work all of you do. You make the world a better place.
July 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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chuckwendig.bsky.social
If you use AI to create your art, your story, your whatever, I immediately know you don’t care about making things — you only care about selling them.
June 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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punkrockscience.bsky.social
Sheer. fucking. spite.
A meme In the top panel, an exhausted Frodo asks “What are we holding onto, Sam?” In the bottom panel, Sam, looking angry and determined, replies “Sheer fucking spite, Mr. Frodo.”
June 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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nortygirl.bsky.social
🤦🏼‍♀️
June 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
Horse_ebooks tweet: Everything happens so much
June 13, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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naheednenshi.bsky.social
Danielle Smith isn’t just picking fights with Ottawa; she’s threatening Alberta’s future.

If she wants a referendum on separation, bring it on.

Albertans will defeat it.

youtube.com/shorts/Exptw...
If Danielle Smith wants a referendum on separation, bring it on.
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June 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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violanorth.bsky.social
Every day that this horror continues, I think of Omar El Akkad's tweet: "One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this."
theguardian.com The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jun 1
Palestinians gunned down while trying to reach food aid site in Gaza, hospital says
Palestinians gunned down while trying to reach food aid site in Gaza, hospital says
Witnesses say Israeli forces opened fire on people near distribution point run by Israel-backed foundation More than 20 people were killed on Sunday as they went to receive food at an aid distribution point set up by an Israeli-backed foundation in the Gaza Strip, according to a hospital run by the Red Cross that received the bodies. Witnesses told the Associated Press that Israeli forces had opened fire on people as they headed toward the aid distribution site run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). “There were many martyrs, including women,” the 40-year-old resident said. “We were about 300 metres away from the military.” Continue reading...
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June 1, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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shawnagawreluck.bsky.social
This.

#ableg
May 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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pajiba.com
Meme Roundup: Chicago Is Second in Cities, First in American Popes
I was born and raised in New York, and I live here now. But I spent 15 years living in Chicago. So, I feel like I have dual citizenship in the two cities. And as a lapsed Catholic I enjoy... Read more...
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May 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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drjengunter.bsky.social
Carney should not hold the by-election for Poilievre until Smith holds the by-election for Edmonton-Strathcona.
May 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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shawnagawreluck.bsky.social
IMHO if Poilievre loses his seat, the reason won’t be Trump or the Carney wave.

It’ll be because in his zeal to convey his angry populist soundbites, he forgot his constituents live & work where the Convoy terrorized, as he basked in the glory of handing out donuts, making friends & taking selfies.
April 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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mark-carney.bsky.social
Nathalie Provost survived the Polytechnique massacre.

She knows that guns designed to kill people don’t belong on our streets.
April 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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pigeonface.bsky.social
Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Trans people deserve dignity, safety and all the joy and love life can bring.
I wish the transphobes who “shed a tear of joy” upon this tragic ruling on human rights a very fuck you.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
UK Supreme Court rules legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex - live updates
In a landmark ruling, the judges say it is not a triumph for one side over another and the law still gives trans people protection against discrimination.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 16, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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desireeadaway.bsky.social
Black background with white letters “imagine being scared of diversity, but not dictatorship”
April 15, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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timeline cleanse www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-ra...
screenshot from daily beast headline Elon Musk Rage Quits Livestream After Being Cyberbullied by Gamers
April 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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moudhy.bsky.social
This report should break something in all of us.

15,613 children.

The first 27 pages of the report list children whose ages are 0.

26% were under the age of 5
Screenshot from an article that reads On Monday, the ministry published a list of names of 15,613 children under the age of 18 who it said had been killed in Israeli military operations in Gaza. Among them, 890 children were under the age of 1, and 274 were born and died during the war. Almost a quarter, 26%, were under the age of 5.
March 27, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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leftistlawyer.com
No I will not debate you on Palestine. It's a genocide. The UN, the Special Rapporteur, OxFam, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Doctors Without Borders, multiple US state department officials, the Lemkin Institute, and B'Tselem all say it's a genocide. I don't debate flat earthers either.
March 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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drdagly.bsky.social
So many sacrifices we make to ensure that our children grow up healthy and content are hard. Vaccination against measles is incredibly easy and effective.
March 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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theeagleist.bsky.social
Read the full story: First Nations offer to buy ‘iconic’ Hudson’s Bay store chain for tobacco, blanket
First Nations offer to buy ‘iconic’ Hudson’s Bay store chain for tobacco, blanket
A coalition of First Nations has offered to purchase the struggling Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) with a deal reminiscent of the retailer’s own early transactions: a blanket and some tobacco. “Seems l...
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March 17, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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March 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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shawnagawreluck.bsky.social
Thing about people like Rogan, Petersen, RFK Jr & Danielle Smith is they sound knowledgeable & highly confident UNTIL they get to a topic you know a lot about.

And then you realize how much smoke & bullshit they’re blowing out their ass.

Please share this knowledge with your friends.
February 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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drdagly.bsky.social
Let’s be clear. Healthcare is a human right. It is a foundation, like education that builds and sustains society. It should never be about profit and it never generates revenue. It’s about a patient’s needs & not a shareholder’s return. Anyone who tells you otherwise is stealing.
February 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM